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erence may be to Hagar and Ishmael. and Isaacâ€"thbe bond and the free. Ther had spsken of themselves as the sced of Abraham. Jesus shows them that there may be of that seed two kinds: the son, properly soâ€"called, and the slave. â€"Alford. ®"These Jews might be the seed of Abraham, and yet, not being his spiritwal children, might not abide in his household of faith. Not many years after this their capital and nation were destroyed, and the Gentiles took their place in the kingdom of God." "Think not tâ€" be made free from sin by the rites and ceremonies of the law of Moses, for Moses was but a servant, and had rot that perpetual authority in the church which the Son had." The son abideth (R. V.}â€"The comparison here is lemperance . instruction may â€" b« brought in at this point. No bondag is greater than the bondage to strong drink. Servitude is repulsive to all men In our land of freedom men demand thei rights in busizess; yet there are hun dreds of men and boys and sometimes women who sut themselves under the bondage of the drink habit and . est t dost than Polit but to the Clarke. 4 raham‘s b faith in t ageâ€""Thi of sin (vs. 33â€"36). 33. They answeredâ€" Many commentators refer this "they, not to the many who.believed (v. 30) but to theâ€"other Jews who had not be lieved. "The little episode of verses 30 Miv@ivemualiiioiy oX d o23 dW n Ain ie corroding care, (5) from the fear _ of death, (6), from the doom of the judgâ€" ment, and (7), is given freedom in Christ. ‘"The mind is enlightened, _ the will renewed, the heart responsive, and the entire being finds its fullest exerâ€" cise." ies of learning infinitely transcenéing all the guesses of doubting scientists, and sneering philosophers." â€"Phelps. Make you free. Intelligence is not sufâ€" ficient. A learned man is still a wicked man under the bondage of sin unless he has been made free. "Knowledge _ apâ€" pears as the fruit of faith, and freedom as the fruit of knowledge. Christ _ asâ€" sociates liberty always with the truth, which He is Himself, and so presents the truth as the cause and liberty â€" as the effect. So, also, Paul speaks of libâ€" erty always in this positive, highest and noblest senseâ€"liberty in Christ, the glorâ€" ious liberty of the children of God, libâ€" erty from the bondage of sin and error. Man is truly free when he moves in harmony with the mind and will _ of God."â€"Lange. The true Christian _ is made free (1) from the bondage of sin, (2), from the pange of conscience,, (3), from the curse of the law (4) ~fraw XI. Frecdom offered from the slavery Sin (ye. S IAKY > t MBL ns c lscll l . a Commentaryâ€"I. The test and blessâ€" ings of discipleship (vs. 31, 32), 3t. Then said Jesusâ€"Better, as R. V., "Jesus therefore said," because many had beâ€" lieved on Him after His declaration, that He was the Light of the World, and after His answers to the Pharisees, and now Jesus directed His remarks to these new disciples. Which believed â€" The term believed, applies here to the disposition, openly expressed, to acknowâ€" ‘ ledge Jesus as the Messiah. If ye abide (K. V.)â€"*"Not a fitful, intermittent reâ€" lation; but thorough, intense, and conâ€" tinuous." In My wordâ€"If ye obey My commandments and follow My teachâ€" ings carefully. "Dur spirits must drink in Christ‘s words as our bodies inhale the atmosphere."â€"Deems. No man is worth listening to on questions of faith and doctrine who is not himself a reverâ€" ent listener to Christ.â€"Gordon. Abiding in God‘s word must become the permâ€" anent condition of our life. Disciplesâ€" A disciple is a learner; one who _ acâ€" cepts and follows another as teacher and master. True disciples are real represenâ€" tatives of Christ, who live a holy life before the world. 32. Shall know the truthâ€"Shall know ; it doctrinally, spiritually, experimentalâ€" | | ly, not as a mere theory and shall know P ly, not as a mere theory and shall know 4 Christ, Himself, the embodiment of | j truth (John xiv. 1). "The rulers had i spoken of knowing the law, Jesus speaks j ; of knowing the truth." "This is a spec | ( ds s ap e e o w td ag 4 E" TV M The Slavery of Sinâ€"John 8: 3140â€"Temperane rlly Bunday School. INTERNATIONAL LESSON NO. X1 MARCH 12TH, 1905. + answer was not more true language of pride ordinarily. & the seed of Abraham had mdage to Egypt, Babyion, Perâ€" ‘, Rome. Spiritually, they had ndage to idolatries in past o now to the rabbis, who were in interpretation, and without. y or sympathy. (Matt. xxiii. tt. _ They did not consider ions to the Roman Empire as They enjoyed individual freeâ€" uzh under the dominion of e drink habi vant abideth itter it.â€"Lange. How say pon what posisble principlc amise to us that which we ‘d as a pieasant parenthcsis, evers are all allowed to be perkaps permanent."â€"Wheâ€" rds cannot be spoken of the > who had already believed, rping, cavilling Pharisces.â€"â€" sham‘s seedâ€"‘They had Abâ€" d in their veins, but not his r hearts."â€"Never in bondâ€" ndent state, they never before the Roman Emâ€" . Often as we have been m, we have never acâ€" given freedom _ in is enlightened, _ the henrt__respopsive, and CBP iourttainatapinint 2 298 5d & tfihe law, (4), from rig ssor as ted only { i nOt â€"The ref 1 Ishmael maste rom n iom veI Robinson seems to have been seriously injured and when and how it is hoped the ingquest will determine. The relaâ€" tives of deceased have retained counsel. Deceased, it is claimed, had been drinking heavily, and on the Friday evening prior to his death had a wrangle with some of his wife‘s relatives. The information in the hands of the Coroner is that his face was slapped a couple of times by his relatives. On Monday he bocame i!1, but his condition did not beâ€" come serious till Thursday, when he suddenly became unconscious, death enâ€" suing the next morning. After death an ecxamination of the body revealed a numâ€" ber of severe bruises on his arms and about his hips, and it was decided to hold the inquest. It is stated the doeâ€" tors at the autopsy found eleven distinet marks of injury. It is also said they found the heart in a condition which inâ€" dicated the probability of a heavy blow having been received on the body near that organ. Orangeville, Feb. 27.â€"Coroner James Henry and Provincial Detective Greer have under investigation here the sudâ€" den death of Alex. Robinson on Friday last. Two sittings of the inquest have already been held, the last one being sdjourned till Monday next at 8 p. m., when the doctors wil submit their reâ€" port of the autopsy. Ingquest COpened on the Body of an Orâ€" angeville Man. _ _Last year she went home on a visit, She took the Southwestern Limited, and when she went to breakfast as the train left Syracuse, she was assigned to a table at which sat Judge Rosenâ€" thal. _ By chance he had known her father and sister in Canada, and recogâ€" nized her at onee. After breakfast they continued talking, and when the train pulled into the station at Buffalo he proposed to her. _ They had several hours‘ wait for the Toronto train, l.nd‘ during that time he pressed his suit. She told him that she wanted a year in which to finish her studies and take a postâ€"graduate course at the Sloane Maâ€" ternity Hospital in New York, and, though he protested vigorously, he was foreed to accede. The year passed tranquilly enough for her. Two weeks ago a letter came. Yesterday she announced that she was going to San Francisco to see her sister, and, though her graduation from the hospital was only two weeks away, she devarted. New York, Feb. 27.â€"A romance that began a year ago at the breakfast table of the Southwestern Limited, and which lasted from Syracuse to Buffalo, is believed to be the cause of the sudden departure of Miss Blanche Fields, the strikingly beautiful daughter of Joseph Fields, a rich Canadian, who left New York hastily yesterday with a through ticket for San Francisco. ‘ The friends of the young Canadian woman believe that the trip is a sequel to the proposal of marriage that was made to her on the Syracuseâ€"Buffalo trip, and that her departure presages her speedy marriage to Judge _ Eugene Rosenthal, of San Francisco. Miss Fields is twentyâ€"three. with golden hair, blue eyes and fair complexâ€" ion. Until a year ago she was a stutâ€" dent at a training school for nurses at Morristown, N. J. . Her beauby and wealth, for she is said to be one, of the richest girls in Toronto, epgble®l her to command at once a good ‘;‘,‘Tw Pen tion. _ As â€" for«th&. t ncA B cans: family regarded it ‘gs a -_JG“ rad, and _ permitted her to ComWhue her studies. Toronto Girl on Way to San Francisco to be Marricd. Keek to kill â€""That they desired the death of Abraham‘s truest Son is proof that they are not true sons of Abraâ€" ham." Their murderous intent proxes that they are children of the devil (v. 44) instead of Abraham. No place in youâ€"You do not allow my work to enter your hearts and lives. 38. I speak, etec.â€"The Son existed with the Father: during past eternity and he reports the things he had seen. Â¥e do, etec.â€"Their father was Satan (v. 44), and they were instructed and led by him. 8, 40. The argument here is that they were not true children Abraham because they were not like Abraham in character and actions. Abraham‘s life was wholly unlike theirs. 1II. Jesus shows the character of the wicked Jews (vs. 37â€"40). 37. Abraham‘s seedâ€"Christ admits their claim that they are the natural descendants of Abraham, but denies that they are his children (v. 39) in the highest and best sense. { CORCNER INVESTIGATES. has power to liberate those who are] slaves to sin. Jesus Christ is the head,‘ and has full authority and ability. The | Father hath given all things into his . hand (John xvii. 2). "The son can give slaves their freedom and receive them to ! between any son and a bond servant, and son should not bgfilrl:.with a capital. Sinners are slaves, istians are sons and heirs. 36. If the sonâ€"Christ now refers to himself. The Son of God alone CUPID IN A BUFFET CAR. into his . m can give them to | rtake of’ ). Free‘ imaginâ€" h Christ } its efâ€" » nation , o Babyâ€" ' Pagw uis Niagara Falls, N. Y.â€"Frank From mert, one of the electricians who was burned in the fire at the Niagara Falls Power Company‘s plant yesterday, Jied early toâ€"day. Roy Robinson is still alive and hope is entertained for his reeovery. John Frommert will recover. The damâ€" age has been repaired and ali the genersâ€" tohs are again in operailicn. being strengthened _ by the nation‘s support, expects to obtain favorable terms from Japan, while if these are not conceded the nation is likely to inâ€" sist upon war a Foutrance. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Times says the Czar has now deâ€" cided to convoke the Zemsky Zobor and leave the representatives of the ration to settle the question of war or peace. Whichever way they may decide the Government‘s position will be vastly strengthened, and the dynasâ€" tic interests safeguarded. If, as genâ€" erally anticipated, the deputies decide in favor of peace, the Government, The St. Petersburg workmen have temporarily resumed their occupations while voting for members of the imâ€" perial mixed commission, but they are possessed of the spirit _ of unrest, and their sense of power is being led by inâ€" cendiary proclamations the _ latest of which alludes to the Emperor as "Nichâ€" olas the Last," and makes a rabid atâ€" tack upon the motives of the Governâ€" ment. A Other cities outside of the Caucasus, such as Ekaterinoslay, Kharkoff, Saraâ€" toff, Alexandrovsk, and many others, are in a condition of complete or parâ€" tial disorder _ owing to strikes. The forees of law and order apparently have been unable to prevent the strikâ€" ers from resorting to the tactics of their fellows in St. Petersburg, and marching from shop to shop and foreâ€" ing out every workman. Many Govâ€" ernment works in various parts of the country are included in the suspenâ€" sions. Half of the workmen in Libau are on strike, seriously affecting the manufacture of military supplies. The tieâ€"up of railroads running from Moscow is a serious feature of the Situâ€" ation. In the Caucasus region the auâ€" thoritiese appear for the moment _ to have regained the upper hand, but the situation may at any time again pass out of their control, Even the reinâ€" forcements of the military in all the cities seem to have been inadequate to prevent the continuance of conditions tending to robbery, murder and terrorâ€" ism. The steamship lines from Constanti nople to Batoum have suspended ser vice. An English merchant who has just arrived, was obliged to flee fom Baâ€" toum, where his life _ was threatened and his office destroved. The strikers are all Georgians, and number about 40,000. Order has been restored at Balakaâ€" hany, but at Romany toâ€"day strikers attacked two factories, and as a reâ€" _sult 30 persons were killed or wounded. In Boku many terible murders have been committed. Manager Adamoff, of the Naphtha Refining Works, together with his wife and children, were all hurned to death. A legal official named Waksotf | and a bazzar awner named %f'l;alajetf and the latter‘s family have been murdered. | The casualties are unknown, but it is generally thought they were not beâ€" low a thousand. Whole families were dragged from their houses and murâ€" dered in the streets. It is reported from Constantinople that Batoum and Poti, in Transâ€"Cauâ€" casia, are under mob rule. The offiâ€" cials are helpless. Murder and arson are frequent. It is rumored that warâ€" ships belonging to the Russian Black Sea fleet have bombarded Poti, which is held by strikers. Baku is quiet, all the Armenian shops have been closed, but the ba ixs are doing business under _ military protection. A 6 by train from the country and joined their coâ€"religionists against the Chrisâ€" tians. Business is at a standstill. in s of the residents have barricaded shxmâ€" selves in their houses. Robbery rerd violence are supreme. A St. Petersburg cable: It is reportâ€" ed _ that _ Tiflis, capital of Russian Transâ€"Caucasia, is a centre of riot, and that fighting is incessant. Hunâ€" dreds have been killed or wounl»1. Hundreds of armed Mussulmans came Mussulmans and Christians Fighting Incessantly. Whole Families Butchered in the Streets, A Thousand Casualties Reâ€" ported at Tiflis. ‘With Your Breakfast, â€" | With Your Dinner, oys With Your Supper WHULESALE CEYLON tea. Pure and delicious. Black, Mixed or Natural Green. Sold only in lead packets. By all Grocers, Received the highest award and G old Medal at St. Louis, ONTARIO ARCH TORONTO MASSRGRES, & 6 ht d 400 «A. ARS cine which has made so many women well will cure you also, Cons PR Y €VC008, UI2ZZlâ€" ness, faintness, indigestion, or nervous E::Ist;atim‘:i may be l'estoby red to perfL :.ie: th an strength taking E. Pinkham‘s Vegetable Componni. Surely you cannot wish to remain sick, weak and discouraged, when you Eight so easily be cured. The m2ai «*«When I commenced to take Lydia R. Pinkham‘s Vegetable Cothound I was sutâ€" fering with weakness an womb trouble, headaches, backaches, and that wornâ€"out, tired feeling. I have only taken the Vegeâ€" table Compound a few short weeks, and it g:'fi that L d:.'n"'x‘fi:.“.?'.'%.mu{ eve . t()}lomgound is wgthout equal for female trouâ€" es. Women who are troubled with painâ€" ful or irregular menstruation, backâ€" ache, bloating (or fatulence), Jeucorâ€" rhcea, falling, inflammation or ulceraâ€" tion of the uterus, ovarian troubles, that "bearingâ€"down" feeling. dizz‘ more attractive to men than mere reguâ€" lority of feature. woman‘s greatest gift is the power to inspire admiration, respect. and love. There is a beauty in bealth which is Sir William says he has divided the irrigible area into 15 blocks, the first of which will cost £8,000,000. If the canâ€" cession is obtainable, he urges that Briâ€" tain should coâ€"operate to the success of the scheme by building a railway from Bagdad to Nusaki. It Hoips Women to Win and Hold Men‘s A€miration, Respect and Love "I am amazed," he said in an int view, "at the scope existing on the + rivers for irrigation, and at the e with which the works can be constru ed.!." t4 » # 4 “L."’i. +ha= WOME Sir W. Willeocks Wishes to Rostore the Land of Chaldea. _ f Pombay, Feb. 27.â€"Sit William Will cocks, whose work in connection with the irrigation of Egypt is so well known, has been investigating the practicability of restoring the ancient Chaldean irrriâ€" gation works on the Euphrates ard ',l'i-‘ oris. The prisoner, always fearful of Brantâ€" ford people, approaches the coming trial with great hesitation. While he made no forceful rosistance, he did not in the least relish the return trip to this city. Last night he rested uneasily and this morning wanted nourishment. _ After some consideration he decided that a big pitcher of hot coffee and a sweet pie would be the best thing for him. Those were procured for him and he downed them. As the time for the opening of the court approached he grew anxious, but was steady enough when led upstairs | and placed in the box. I Woman‘ At ten o‘clock the police escorted Kennedy up the rear stairway, leading from the cells and placed him in the prisoner‘s box. As Kennedy took up his position in the box it was plainly apparâ€" ent to all who had seen him before that a great change has been wrought in the man in the course of a single year. And the change has been for the worse. He has lost some weight, is much thinner than a yerr ago, and the familiar ruddy . ecomplexion is also absent. His hair is clipped close to the skuii in jailâ€"bird‘ fashion. Me wore a rough suit and light fall overcoat, The typical celluloid colâ€" lar and bright tie, as well as the same moustache, were outstanding features by which the man could be readily identiâ€" fied. On the whole, however, the prisâ€" oner has changed, and one year seems to have made heavy inroads on his vitality and general appearance. ATH 18 HIS APPEARANCE IN THE DOCK AT BRANTFORD YESTERDAY. A Brantford report: For a second time in the course otf a single year Joseph Kennedy is on trial in this city in conâ€" nection with the death of Irene Cole, who was murdered in the willows on the aiternoon of September 30, 1903. Again toâ€"day he entered a plea of "not guilty" on a serious charge, and asked for an immediate trial. ‘The police court was crowded yesterday morning when Kenâ€" nedy was arraigned betore Police Magisâ€" trate Woodyatt. KENNEDY HAS CHANGED. REVIVING A STATE. i\ WHO CHARM THE FIRST ESSENTMAL 10 other Ahe woman uttered a shriek as he did so and one of the men threatened her life also. McCaffrey says he heard the scream of a baby as the package struck the fire. The men waited several minâ€" utes and then opened the furnace door again and raked the bundle about on the coals. Before leaving the men threatâ€" enel to kill McCaffrey if he ever reâ€" vered a word of the matter. to heat several business places, to story, HMe said that about 2 . last Tuesday morning two men â€" woman entered the liyoilcr room while one man covered him w brace of revolvers the other th: paell:age into the firepot on the r coals. ( A Horrible Crime Reported From Rochester. Rochester, N. Y., Feb. 27.â€"One of the most shocking crimes in the history of this city was reported to the police toâ€" night. G. W. McCaffrey, engineer in charge of an eighty horse power boiler in a building on Furnace street, used Weather conditions still dominate the trade. Low temperature and deep snow have interfered with traffic and checked the revival of business that was well unâ€" der way in most sections of the country. Retail destribution is not maintained. and the deleterious effects are visible in all outâ€"door work, while the interrupâ€" tion to movement of freight has affectâ€" ed manufacturing to some extent. Prices of staple commodities at the exchanges are advanced by the restricted markets, There is a partial offact in the largely increased demand for heavy weight wearing apparal and other winter goods. which promises to reduce supplies in all positions at the end of the _ season. Meanwhile there is evidence that conâ€" fidence in the future remains unshaken, preparations for the spring continuing unabated, except where fuel or other supplies are temporarily blockaded in transit.â€"Dunn‘s Review. Of chan tong to 1 country 1 little qui qnet ation Victoria ‘and â€" Vancouver advices to Bradstrect‘s say: Business conditions at the coast generally continue to improve. Hamilton tradt reports to Bradstreot‘s say the volume of business moving at the moment is not so large on account of bad weather but in most lines a heavy business is being booked for thre snrina h Advices fro tions for the move forward is little chang eral traae at | a little quiet, At Quebec, country remittances in some quarters are reporied coming in better than during tre past few woeelks. Heavy roads are retarding the movement of traveliers, particularly dry goods mon. Advices from Winnipeg say preparaâ€" tions for the spring trade continue to movre forward on every hand, but there YA« Uroceries are somewhat quiet, alt there is a fair demand for soriing The hardware trade is active and als are mecting with an es pecially demand. Toronto reports to Bradstres Wholesale trade here $s a litt About the busiest line ts dry go warmeor . weather is â€"needed to spring trade moving. ‘There h a reduction in cotton prices hre other lines are firm and tendins Live cattle are quoted at 10c to 11%c per lb.; refrigerator beef, 7%e to 75%%c per 1b.; sheep 12 to 13c per lb. Bradstreet‘s on Trade Montreal.â€"Heavy snowfalls throughâ€" out the Province have blocked the roads and the country trade is suffering acâ€" cordingly. The volume of wholesale trade, iowever, is fair, Preparations for the spring trade are active. There is now a fair movement in sorting lines of heavy dry goods, and the grocers, while not unusually active, are doing a normal trade. Values generally are steady to firm, and prices for farm produce conâ€" tinue to rule high. BURNED BABY IN FURNACE. Do., forequarters MuttOR z24\ k10 . Lambs, per lb. .. Calves, per Ib. .... Bquash, each .... . Citrons, each .... .. Turnips, bag .. .. Lettuce, dozen .. .. Radishes, dozen .. Beef, hindquarters .. le In iA U gu effect wado L ©t 0 2000 \,Nzlx.c‘oh&-rm t.:r. morning. Grain _ reâ€" receipts amounted to about 700 bushels. Dats were bardly as firm as yesterday, while other prices were steady in tone. Wheatâ€"Steady, 200 bushels of white and :‘:lo.holr red selling at $108 to $1.00. per el . Oatsâ€"Had a slightly easier tone, 400 bushâ€" tls selling at 46c per bushel. Dressed Hogsâ€"Steady and quoted unchangâ€" ed at g’w ewt. for choice light weights and $7.50 heavies. Hayâ€"Arrivals totalled about twenty loads. Prices were steady at $10 to $11.50 per ton tor No. 1 timothy, and $8 to $9 for mixed or clover. a es 18 Teronto Farmers‘ Market. The rather unpleasant _ weather uing "thiect "upon wasge" at ""u'f"" :::‘:ul-rnt this morning. Grain _ reâ€" eipts amounted to about 700 busheis. s were bardly as firm as yesterday, ile other prices were steady in tone. [heatâ€"Steady, 200 bushels of white and of red selling at $1.08 to $1.00 per Market Reports â€"OPRâ€" The Week. _ The Woeok in Trage British Cattle re in the conditi the moment and other threw a on the redâ€"hot poried coming in [ , : past few weeks. | 4 ing the movement F ly dry goods mon. ) peg say preparaâ€" rade continue to x y nand, but there 1 condition of genâ€" nt and things are Uver \ adÂ¥iges) in 1‘ Bradstreet‘s say: $s a little quiet. ts dry goods, but seas .89 06 .. 0 10 se« . Ti Markets. itreet, used es, told fhe 2 o‘clock men and a to get â€"the m and with a ho to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to s Leen but all higher, though lines. metâ€" good LC 0 50 084 05% 07 % 0 11 094 °_ 3204 an increase of wages to some employees and to grant a nineâ€"hour day, but the strikers refused. A manifesto issued toâ€"day by the strikers say they struck to show their solidarity to other trades at‘ this important juncture of the labor movement, and because the manâ€" agement oppressed and exploited the mmen. l'l'lus emp}oyeu of the Government walked out toâ€"day. A Mmltrize on the Victula and St. Petersburg roads is howuly expcectel. 4 15 N Ga 0 15 [o 0n REmmme wPe EUN" nng in either direction toâ€"day on the Vienna Railroad. The management atâ€" tempted to instal soldiers as firemen, but the strikers had plugzed the wator gauges, with the result that the amateur firemen ruined four laocomotives. The strikers also derailed a number of cars. The men ‘demand an eightâ€"hour day and an increase of wages. The directors nfichedl ah> innpana, Lig C _ 1NE TNPCDODTD 1 50 0 50 0 60 0 60 Trains efi atalis / detai P inss ive â€" vas ll'llUl mcorqy Possibly the Europe that would be most largely : would be Germany, with the vian nations a close second‘ Speaking of immigration prospects in general, Mr. Kerr said the next few months will see a great boom in immiâ€" gration, not only from GGireat Pritain. but from all quarters of Europe. The company‘s representatives abroad had given m:-t encouraging reports on this ns Montreal, Feb. 27.â€"Mr. Robert Kerr, Passenger Traffic Managep or vhe Canâ€" adian Pacific Railway, uifi toâ€"day that Graeme Hunter, the Glasgow navigation agent, was one of a thousand who unâ€" dertook to sell tickets in Britain for stcamship companies plying in all watâ€" ers. Most of them did business on a legitimate scale, and the C. P. R. had at the outset afforded Hunter the usâ€" vual facilities. About last June, whwen it was found that he had departed from their methods, the company‘s represenâ€" tatives in London cut aill connection with them. Enormous Influx From _ "Berlin Schloss, 22nd Feb., 1905." The Emperor has also reward Viceâ€"Chancellor Posadowskyâ€"Wehnor i his technical work on the treaties w the Black Eagle Order, Herr von P« bielsky, Prussian Minister of Agric@ ture, Pomains and Forests, has reco ed the Grand Cross of the Red mar and Foreign Secretary Baron yon Ri« thoff has been promoted to members} in the Ministry of the Prussian $ta without a portfolio. The Taglische Rundschau says th it was at Count von Bueclow‘s person request that Emperor William has 1 yet raised him to princely rank. rains Stopped Runninyâ€"Soldiers Failed to Run Engines, Wareaw, Feb, 27â€" En tentimm mik aan.. _"Ever mindful of your faithful vices, your grateful Emperor Kine. oo y a w or Thanks Chancellor Von Buelow for His Treaty Making Services. Berlin, Feb. 27.â€"Emperor William has sent the following telcgraph autogrmph letter to Chancellor von Buelow : "My dear Count von Buelow : "After having learnel through yow announcement that the constitutiona! sanction of the Reichstag fo> the now commercial treaties has been given,, my feelings impel me to express my warnâ€" est congratuiations to yeu upon this momentous chapter of treaiy work, 1 hope, through God, that the treatics will give new vigor to Germsa cconomi interests, create a nQ.. soma it friend!y competition between the Gorman en pire and the countries friendly to us !wlnich have declared themselves willinz to regulate their trade relations with vs wpon the basis.reached throuch a care/.| .consideration of mutual intoros{s. Cheo fully and joyfully, 1 recogmze the fact that it was chiefly owing uo your states manlike art and your clearheaded Jead ership that the negotiations have 1 sulted in this beautiful success, not withstanding all opposing difficulties. To you is due theref}:)re in the first inâ€" stance, my gratitude, I express hereby, with my whole heart, and at the same time beg you to kindly aceopt my bust in marble, which will soon be sont to vou. It is practically impossible, Mr. So worth says, to find positions for j laborers who do not speak Englis) The number of applicants who pref Beotchmen is astonishingly large, hy experienced Seotch farm laboroers are «o well paid in their own country and ars almost certain of steady employment that there are not many coming to Canâ€" ada. Scotchmen, the farmers find are more willing to learn and adopt Canaâ€" dian methods than those of any oth»; nationality. An increasingly large number of fayr, ers are now hiring help for the yeay round instead of only for eight months as was once generally the case, becayns» they are anxious to keep suitable help ers instead of constantly haviny n~y or inexperienced ones. There is also ; growing number who offer marrio couples neat cottages free of rent on or near the farm. Application Looks Like a Marriage v,, in View. 4 Toronto, Feb, 27.â€"I want a young man, a Mecethodist, a Christian, an Irishmsa» ;; "udblc, good looking, with dark »;;, + and dark eyes." This is the partial wording of one of a help receive) ,; the Provincial Colonization Bureau y terday. Director Southworth said (o, , Globe reporter that he did not rec>;,, many applications in which the rol;;; ous and physical requirements o( ;;, prospective hired man were so cloo;}, detailed. While there has been an ;; creast of 25 per cent. in the wages ,; farm help during the three years {),, P 8 3 the bureau has undertaken to supp), the same, there are still a number «; farmers in Ontario who offer very |o, wages, and to these the reply iny;, ably is that higher pay must be ofi ed. Toâ€"day, for instance, one man. bachelorâ€"and that may excuse him ;) some measureâ€"sent in an application offering the low compensation of $10o to $120, with room and board for a may» and wife, the latter to do the housewor}, By the some mail another applicant of fered $350 a year for a marricd coup) with board and a nice furnished roo, RUSH OF IMMIGRATION RAILROAD STRIKE <B KAISER IS PLEASED ada Expected. HAS HE A DAUGHTER > Fposingdifficulti( ore in the first rde, I express h« art, and at the indly accept my will soon be se No traiins are runâ€" Juuropean nation ll_!'_g'elx represented WILLIAM 1. 1 Europe to Can remse‘ves will relations with throuch a care interests, Cher cognize the fa 3 in your stat« learâ€"headed Jea ations have : i1 success, no Sceandina t 1» ol friend, ho conclo W